SparcStation 20 emulator

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Hello,

Just wanted to let interested people know that we've recently released a Linux freeware version of SparcStation 20 emulator. It emulates SS20 with some basic peripherals: a single SPARC V8 32bit CPU, up to 512MB RAM, an NCR53C94 SCSI controller, 2 serial lines, disks, a network adapter, and a CDROM.
OS version supported: SunOS 4.1, Solaris 2.5 - 7 (2.3 and 2.4 are not supported at the moment).
Download is available form Stromasys website (registering your email would be required).

Sorry if this is not on topic.

Best regards,
Greg

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Why is registration required?

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Hi,

We just wanted to be able to inform people who downloaded the package about version updates and plans.

Best regards,
Greg

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So you actually require their email, as well?

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I tried it out as I have an interest in SPARC emulators for a number of reasons.

By the way, I can confirm that it works on Fedora 16. The Java terminal emulator is a bit flaky - maybe because it is Open JDK by default. Would be nice if a more-up-to-date and complete version of OBP was provided. You can get the full SMI sources for openboot 4.23.0 at coreboot.org. It was donated by SMI.

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do you have plans for 64-bit SPARC?

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We are considering to emulate E450 with an ultrasprc CPU, but we'd like to hear some feedback - how interesting would that be for the community?

Best regards,
Greg

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I think it would be very interesting if it could run Solaris 10.